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Schools of Excellence: The No. 1 ECE & Private School Leadership Podcast

Chanie Wilschanski

If you are an Early Childhood director or childcare owner, prepare to transform your school and life with the Schools of Excellence podcast. Tune in each week to learn from Chanie Wilschanski, the founder and host of the Schools of Excellence Podcast and a mom of 4 kids. Each episode will be packed with tools and strategies - equipping school leaders to improve staff retention, increase teacher motivation, grow parent partnerships, create a collaborative culture, and enjoy a beautiful quality of

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40. The 5 Signs of a Thriving Leader and School

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2021/07/27

Today’s episode is the second episode in our special summer series! This summer series is all about the different ways that you can prepare yourselves for the upcoming school year. After nearly two decades in this field and speaking with hundreds of school owners and directors. There are very specific patterns of behavior I have noticed in successful school leaders. In this episode, I share the top 5 signs of a thriving school leader and how you can incorporate them as you continue to build your

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39. The 8 Guideposts to Prepare for an Amazing School...

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2021/07/20

Soon the last weeks of summer will be upon us, the new school year is right around the corner. New beginnings always have a few pieces to them. There is the joy of something new and there is the anticipation of the transitions. Sometimes we can overthink the new year - which is why I created this episode. Today I share the eight guideposts to prepare you for an amazing school year. As a school leader, you probably will spend at least some of your summer vacation planning for the new school year

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38. How to Plan for Summer Using the IRER Method

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2021/07/13

Summer is such an exciting time! It is a season filled with so many great ideas which if not well thought out, will never get to see the light of day. Tune in to today's episode to learn how the IRER method has been a game-changer for me and my family. Planning for summer using the IRER method has 4 parts to it. Intention, Reflection, Experience, and Rhythms. Why intention? Because there is a very big difference between creating an intentional plan and playing it cool. Reflecting on your wins

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37. Build Your Confidence & Resiliency Toolkit

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2021/07/06

Are you on the verge of falling apart and wondering whether this is what resilience for school leaders looks like? Having an amazing school is not a result of having amazing systems or infrastructure. While those are important and critical for success, the leaders who truly excel are those that have built strong, confident, and resilient toolkits. The ones that have fully understood their stress cycles and helped their team do the same. In today's episode, I speak about building your confidence

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36. Guest: Sally Haughey, Founder of FairyDust Teaching

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2021/06/29

In today’s episode, I speak with a close friend and guest expert, Sally Haughey, CEO and Founder of FairyDust Teaching. FairyDust started in 2010 as a space for Sally, an early childhood educator to blog out her thoughts and ideas. She was in a highly academic setting and still wanted to bring in the wonder to her classroom. From there it expanded and grew. FairyDust Teaching has cultivated a community from over 101 countries. Sally has authored several books, including The Wonder Art Workshop and

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35. Overcoming the Perfectionist Mindset and Focusing...

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2021/06/22

Are you the kind of school leader that is obsessed with results? Do you find it hard to celebrate the small milestones that your school crosses and constantly in pursuit of ticking the next box? Do you constantly beat yourself up for not achieving certain goals? Well, you could be suffering from perfectionism! Yes, that’s a thing! In today’s episode, I speak about the 3 important steps to follow if you are looking to overcome the perfectionist mindset and focus on the process. And no, it’s not that

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34. Stories of Resilience with Sara Schreiner

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2021/06/18

Sara Schreiner is the owner of sunshine Academy in Laurel Montana. She's married to Greg and the two of them have two children; Sophia-Jo and Wyatt who is six. Sara cares deeply about her team and the families that she serves. And her unshakable optimism and her mindset to be in the pursuit of excellence are truly remarkable. Sara has 25 teachers, 120 families, and 135 children that she's been entrusted to care for and serve. Today’s episode begins with Sara inviting us into her home on that fateful

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33. Ideal Week for High Achieving School Leaders

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2021/06/15

As a school leader, the urgent demands of life will always fight for your attention. And so you need to decide what gets your attention, not the other way around. Your ideal week is a week that you would have 100% control of what you could do with your week. If your week included all the things that could nourish you and your family, and take you closer to your legacy and impact, what activities would get your time? These are the activities that should be at the top of your priority list! In today’s

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32. Stories of Resilience with Jennifer Bulmer

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2021/06/11

Jennifer Bulmer is the owner of Juvenescence Child Development Centre in Calgary, Alberta - in Canada. She is a proud mom to 2 teenage daughters ages 13 and 15. Jennifer’s humor, emotional intelligence, and wit consistently come across in our conversation today. Her attitude of “it's all gonna work out and be okay” has served her very well in life. With 25 teachers, 85 families, and 110 children, the news of the Covid pandemic coming closer to her school doors was something that she didn't have

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31. The 6 types of support every leader needs and 4...

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2021/06/08

So many of us get caught up in the different types of support that we need. Sometimes we think we only need financial support, or bookkeeping support, or tax accounting, or team support. And really, those are all peripheral. Those are all kinds of outside contextual things that every school leader needs. In today’s episode, I talk about the six types of support that you specifically need for yourself. So not for your team, not for your financial team, not for your administrative team, but

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30. Build to Last Workshop: How to Navigate and Deal...

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2021/06/05

It's the last day of the Build to Last Workshop! Directors and owners spend on average 4 hours solving fielding and solving problems from teachers a day. 4 HOURS! Navigating conflict is 90% of your job. This is why so many school leaders before joining our program are working 13 hour days, nights, and weekends. They are busy managing conflict all day that the only time they have to finish their to-do list is after hours. Today we learn to start solving that. Today we spoke about: The

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29. Build to Last Workshop: How to Build a Culture of...

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2021/06/04

Today is Day 3 of the Build to Last Workshop Series! In today's training, I discuss how to build a culture of excellence: Do you want staff that show up excited to work? Staff that supports each other? That don't have constant excuses and excessive call-outs? Staff that take responsibility and pride in their work? Today I'll cover: How do you envision a culture of innovation and risk-taking? Why gifts are not gratitude and that doesn’t build culture Understanding why teachers and staff

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28. Build to Last Workshop: Time Management: Theme...

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2021/06/03

Are you ready to create a calendar that serves you and leads to NO MORE INTERRUPTIONS? So many directors and owners come to me and tell me they are so overwhelmed or that they are working 12 hour days because they have too long to-do lists or because they are wearing too many hats in their school. It DOESN'T have to be that way. Today I discussed: 3 Myths of the school leaders time “I always need to be available” "I’m the only one who can do this job well” "I use my time well - there just

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27. Build to Last Workshop: Mindset: Vision Casting...

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2021/06/02

Welcome to Day 1 of the Build to Last Workshops! Here's what you'll learn in Day 1 all about mindset and leadership: ✅ The 3 Pillars of Building a School of Excellence ✅ Leadership drills ✅ Set boundaries ✅ Relieve stress and invite calm into your life I know that we've had a hard year collectively. I want to show the tools and strategies so that you can navigate your life with more confidence. Join us LIVE from June 1-4 and sign up at chanie.me/buildtolast Chanie mentions: Difficult Conversation

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26. 5 Reasons You Should Invest in Yourself and the...

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2021/05/31

Investing in yourself is very scary because you have to take a bet on yourself. Yet it is one of the most valuable things you can do for yourself because growth doesn’t just happen, you need to make an intentional plan for it. Over time, I have realized that most leaders are afraid of investing in themselves simply because they don’t know if they are worth it! In today’s episode, I address this fear and tell you why you need to focus on investing in yourself. If you have been second-guessing

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25. Stories of Resilience with Alex Bernath & Miken...

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2021/05/28

Alex Bernath & Miken Oliver lead the Nourish Early Learning Center in Oregon, Ohio. Alex actually lives in Brooklyn, New York, and leads the center from there with her husband Josh and her two children ages one and three. Miken is the director of the day-to-day and is married to Tim and a mom of three children, ages five, three, and one. They have a pretty large center of 25 teachers, 95 families, and 114 children. Nourish is their mom’s school. Their mom took great pride in building and creating a

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24. How to Run the End of Year Staff Meeting with...

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2021/05/25

May is an incredible time for reflection regardless of whether you run a 10-month or a 12-month academic school year. End-of-year reflections serve two important purposes - a gauge for determining how we can continuously improve on our processes and a reminder of the kind of mistakes we've made so that we can avoid making them in the subsequent years. The only way to have awareness of how far you've come is by being reflective of what you've done in the past academic year. In today's episode, I

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23. Stories of Resilience with Kathy Gray

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2021/05/21

Kathy Gray is the owner of Creative Creators Learning Centers in Williamsburg, Virginia. Kathy has 3 daughters ages 17-25 and regularly hangs out with them and has weekly trivia night. She leads 78 teachers, over 380 families, and has been through her share of challenges and personal health scares with her husband Curt. Kathy is an inspiration to school leaders everywhere for what's possible when you get deeply involved in the kind of life you want to create. She has sustained consistent growth

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22. 3 Pillars of a School of Excellence

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2021/05/18

Do you run your day, or does your day run you? Do you feel pulled in so many directions to the extent that you hardly can take a rest? I feel you. As a school leader, there are so many things you need to focus on. Yet the most constrained resource that you can never get back or never get more of is your time. This is why you need to be so vigilant about what your time is spent on! In today's episode, I speak about how you can come up with a system that works. A system that will have your school

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21. Stories of Resilience with Kerstin Brinson

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2021/05/14

The first positive COVID case in Seattle Washington was announced in February 2020. As the rest of the nation went about their regular lives, Kerstin Brinson - the executive director at Kids Center - felt disbelief and shock as she bore witness to people going about their regular lives while it was already wreaking havoc on her 2 locations. As a leader of 50 teachers, over 100 families, and 150 children, she holds great responsibility for their well-being. On top of that, Kerstin is the wife to

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